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BOOK - Annals of Niagara (pre 1896 - Niagara County / Region, Ontario)
By: William Kirby
Another historical reprint by Global Heritage Press Inc.
Annals of Niagara, originally published in 1896, it begins with an historical overview of earliest Niagara, including early settlements of First Nations peoples. Kirby discusses their settlements, agricultural society, conflicts with Iroquois and Huron neighbors and eventual First-Nation disposition by European Settlement.
The book's primary focus is on the arrival and settlement of United Empire Loyalist families after the American Revolution, politics and parliament, the War of 1812, Mackenzie and the Uprising of 1837, and follows the history of the area up to 1896.
Contents include:
Earliest Niagara. Onghiara of the Nuetrals
Onghiara Lost and Discovered
Early French Contact: 1641
Visitors in 1640
The Jesuits and Their New Converts
LaSalle and His Associates
Fort Niagara from French to English
From Pontiac to the Revolution
The War and Its Aftermath
Niagara's Pioneer Loyalist Families
Settling in the New Land: Adversity & Challenge
De Peyster: A soldier of Great Merit
Life and Work, 1787-1791
The First Governor: The First Town
Ontario's First Parliament, 1792
The Maker of Law, 1792
Parliaments and Laws, 1792-1796
York Becomes the Capitol
The Legacy of Governor Simcoe
Russell, Brock, Addison
A diverse society and divided politics
Life and Work, 1800-1812
Colonel Brock and Governor Gore
Rumours of Wars, 1811-1812
War comes to Niagara, 1812
Armed conflict in the Streets, 1813
Niagara falls to the Flames, 1813
Niagara Avenged, 1813
Niagara's Noble Allies
Peace on the Frontier
Niagara Rises Again, 1815
From Canal to Rebellion, 1824-1837
Mackenzie and the Uprising, 1837
Peace to War Alarms, 1838-1860
Niagara and her Rivals, 1860-1895
Summation: A Century of Old Niagara
Book reviews:
- "It is a high level view of the history covering the early discovery through 1896"...
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- Paul Milner, Federation of Genealogical Societies' journal Forum
About the author:
 William Kirby, (1817-1906), author, was born at Kingston-upon-Hull, England, on October 13, 1817, and came to Canada with his parents in 1832. He settled in Niagara, Upper Canada, in 1839, and for more than twenty years edited the Niagara Mail. From 1871 to 1895 he was collector of customs at Niagara. He married the daughter of John Whitmore, Niagara, and had two sons. He died at Niagara on June 23, 1906.
Source : W. Stewart WALLACE. Ed., The Encyclopedia of Canada, Vol. III, Toronto, University Associates of Canada, 1948, 396p., pp. 341
269 pages
Originally published by Lundy's Lane Historical Soceity, 1896
This facsimile edition published by Global Heritage Press Inc. 2006
ISBN 1-897210-97-3
Hardcover
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